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Indigenous Sovereignty: Redefining Colonial Perceptions of Sovereignty through Indigenous Self-Governance in BC, Canada By Elle Sina Raanes Srensen Wetsuweten 1) How do settler states assert sovereignty over Indigenous nations,

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Indigenous Sovereignty: Redefining Colonial Perceptions of Sovereignty through Indigenous Self-Governance in BC, Canada

By Elle Sina Raanes Sørensen

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Wet’suwet’en

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Research Questions

1) How do settler states assert sovereignty over Indigenous nations, specifically in areas with unceded territory? 2) How do Indigenous nations negotiate, and attempt to assert sovereignty over their traditional lands with the settler state? 3) How does Indigenous people’s connection to land affect their definition of sovereignty?

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Sovereignty

Westphalian sovereignty:

Loyalty and support from population
Mutually recognized by other sovereign states

➔ Complete authority over a specific geographical area, without interference from outside sources Both nation, by their own definitions, have a legitimate claim to the land Redefining the concept of sovereignty

Importance of land
Protection of land vs. economical exploitation

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Why is this important?

It proves that Indigenous nations

can self-govern without a treaty

Asserting sovereignty without a

treaty can compromise the power

f a settler state and challenge their

claim to sovereignty

It challenges the term sovereignty
It focuses on a relevant, ongoing

case, contributing valuable information to Indigenous nations

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Thank You! QUESTIONS?

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Sources

Agnew, John. 2005. “Sovereignty Regimes: Territoriality and State Authority in Contemporary World Politics.” Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 95 (2): 437-461. Blackburn, Carole. 2005. “Searching for Guarantees in the Midst of Uncertainty: Negotiating Aboriginal Rights and Title in British Columbia.” American Ethnologist 107 (4): 586-596. Blackburn, Carole. 2007. “Producing Legitimacy: Reconciliation and the Negotiation of Aboriginal Rights in Canada.” Journal

f Royal Anthropological Institute, 13 (3): 621-638.

McCreary, Tyler. 2014. “The Burden of Sovereignty: Court Configurations of Indigenous and State Authority in Aboriginal Title Litigation in Canada.” North American Dialogue 17 (2): 64-78. Wiessner, Siegfried. 2008. “Indigenous Sovereignty: A Reassessment in the Light of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.” Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law 41 (1141): 1141-1176.